Pinless clothesline



Dec. 22, 1925 4 1,566,404

w. c. HoLLLAND PINLES S CLOTHESLI NE Filed March lO. 1925 :Jn/manioc /Vz'llz'am l.' Holland.

3g, Mx/L Elkhozneg talented Dec. ZZ, 1925s UNITED STATES XVILLIAM C. HOLLAND, F EDGEWATER, COLORADO.

riNLEss oLoTHEsLiNE.

Application filed March 10, 1925. Serial No. 14,412.

T 0 all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, IVILLIAM C. HOLLAND, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Edgewater, in the county of Jefferson and State ot Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pinless Clotheslines; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ot the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it ap'- pertains to make and use the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, and to the characters ot reference marked thereon, which form a part of this application.

This invention relates to improvements in pinless clotheslines. n

The objections to the ordinary clothesline to which the clothes are attached by means of pins is well known and many attempts have been made to produce a line to which the clothes may be attached without the use of pins.

It is the object of this invention to produce a clothesline which shall be provided with means for securing the Vclothes in place thereon and from which the clothes may be readily removed by a sliding movement but which positively prevents the clothes from sliding sidewise. Other objects are to produce a line that can be easily attached to the poles and removed therefrom so that it can be taken in when not in use and which can be cheaply made and assembled in any lengths desired. The above and other objects that will become apparent as the de scription-proceeds are attained by means of a construction which I will now proceed to describe in detail, reference for this purpose being had to the accompanying drawing in which the preferred embodiment of my in- Tention is shown and in which- F ig. 1 is a view showing my clothesline as it appears in use, a portion ot' the line being shown to an enlarged scale.

Fig. 2 is a view, showing the preferred construction to size scale.

Fig. 3 is i drawing showing a modified forni of construction, and

Fig. 4 is a section taken on line 4 4, Fig. 1.

Numerals 1 and 2 indicate two spaced one section of practically full posts to which my line is attached. My improved line consists of a. number ot' sections, each consisting ot two separate links which have been designated by numerals 3 and 4. T he links 3 are straight wire sections provided at opposite ends with eyelets 5 and 6 which in the form shown in Figs. 1 and 2 lie in perpendicular planes. The link designated by numeral 4 is formed from a ring of wire which is first made oblong with sides parallel after which it is twisted at the cen ter point so as to form a transverse connection 7 to which the link 3 `is attached by means of. the eyelet 6, all as clearly shown in the drawing. In the embodiment shown in Figs. 1 and 2 one end of the link 4 is twisted slightly so as to form an eyelet 8 that lies in a plane perpendicular to the plane of the link. To this eyelet, so formed, the eyelet 5 of the link 3 romthe adjacent section is secured. The other end of link 4, which I have designated by numeral 9 rests against the link 3 somewhat as shown in Fig. 4. Then the garment or cloth 10 is to be secured to the line, the end 9 is raised in the manner shown in the enlarged section of Fig. 1 and in Figs. 2 and The cloth is then inserted between the end ot the link 4 and the side oin the link 3. Vhen the parts are released the cloth will be gripped and held in the manner shown in Fig. 1. It is evident that my line must so connect to the posts that it will not turn as it will work successfully only when the ends 9 are over or to the side of the links 3. In order to prevent the line from rotating, I have provided a band 11 that encircles the post-s and whose ends are perforated for the reception ot a bolt 12 which passes through the eyelet 6 of the link 3 that forms the eXtreme right hand end ot' the hne (Fig. 1). The eyelet 5 of the link 3 that forms the left hand end ot the line (Fig. 1) must be rotated into a vertical plane iii order that the bolt 12 can be inserted through it.

In Fig. 3 I have shown a slightly modified form in which the link 4 has not had one end twisted to form an eyelet 8, but has merely had its sides transposed so as to form a transverse part 7 to which the eyelet 6 of the link 3 is connected. In this modified construction the links 3 may be formed with the eyelets 5 and 6 in the same plane.

Attention is called to the fact that the entire line is ornied from as many sections as may be desired, each section Consisting of one each 0llinks 3 and 4.

Having now described my invention what I Claim as new is:

A pinless clothesline Comprising a` plurality of hingedly connected link sections, each section comprising two links one of which is made in the shape of an oblong ring having :L transverse Connection intermediate its ends and the other of which is a straightbar having one end connected to the transverse connection of the oblong ring member and the other connected to one end or the Correspondlng member of the other group.

In testimony Whereoi I alli); my signature.

VILLIAM C. HOLLAND. 

